Ignacio Iturrioz (Montevideo, 1978) is an uruguayan photographer, member of the German artist collective Schmelzofen e.V.
He started studying photography at the workshop of Borgunder. Later he continued his training at the National School of Fine Arts and at the School of Communication Sciences of the University of the Republic.
Being interested in the life in rural areas, he started traveling to the provinces in 2008. Within this context, he made his book Life is too short, for which he was given the National Author’s Book Award from Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo – CdF, in 2009.
His project Isla won a work scholarship from International Photography Festival San José Foto – SJF, in 2014. In this same year he was a resident artist at Montevideo Museum of Contemporary Art – MACMO.
He was invited to exhibit his project Isla in the first edition of the Montevideo Uruguay Festival de Fotografía – MUFF, in 2017.
In 2018 Iturrioz won the Uruguayan Photography Award organized by Ministry of Education and Culture – MEC, and by CdF, for the work Purgatorio.
In 2019 he was invited to participate at the 5th Fórum Latino-Americano de Fotografía in São Paulo, Brazil.
His work was published within the collection Primal Sight (USA) in 2020, a publication that surveys the state of contemporary black-and-white photography.
He currently lives and works in the Swabian Jura, Germany.
Ignacio Iturrioz (Montevideo, 1978) es un fotógrafo uruguayo, miembro del colectivo alemán de artistas Schmelzofen e.V.
Inicia sus estudios de fotografía en el taller Borgunder, mas tarde, continua su formación en la Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes y en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación de la Universidad de la República.
Interesado en la realidad del medio rural del Uruguay, en 2008 comienza una serie de viajes hacia el interior del país. En este marco, realiza su trabajo Life is too short, que recibirá el Premio de Libro de Autor Nacional del Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo – Cdf, en 2009.
En el año 2014 con el proyecto Isla obtiene la beca de trabajo del Festival Internacional de Fotografía San Jose Foto – SJF. En este mismo año participa como huésped documentalista en el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Montevideo – MACMO.
En 2017 recibe la invitación para exhibir su proyecto Isla en la primera edición del Montevideo Uruguay Festival de Fotografía – MUFF.
En el año 2018 con el trabajo Purgatorio obtiene el Premio Nacional de la Fotografía Uruguaya, promovido por el Ministerio de Educación y Cultura – MEC, y por el CdF.
En el año 2019 es invitado a participar en el V Fórum Latino-Americano de Fotografía de San Pablo, Brasil.
En 2020 su trabajo forma parte de la colección Primal Sight (EEUU), una publicación que examina el estado de la fotografía contemporánea en blanco y negro.
Actualmente vive y trabaja en los montes de Suabia, Alemania.
Exhibitions and Projections
2021 Purgatorio · Odesa Photo Days Festival 2021, Ukraine (projection)
2019 Purgatorio · Fórum Latino-Americano de Fotografia, São Paulo, Brazil (collective exihbition)
2019 Purgatorio · Museo de Artes Visuales de Tacuarembó – MUART, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2019 Purgatorio · Cortona On The Move, Italy (projection)
2019 Purgatorio · OPEN 2019, Heidenheim, Germany (collective exhibition)
2019 Purgatorio · Fundação Iberê Camargo, FestFoto-POA, Porto Alegre, Brazil (collective exihbition)
2019 Purgatorio · ZineTonic-Editions, Planche(s) Contact, France (projection)
2019 Purgatorio · Museo Lacan Guazu, Soriano, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2019 Purgatorio · Just Another Photo Festival, India (projection)
2019 Purgatorio · Obscura Festival, Malaysia (projection)
2018 Purgatorio · Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo – CdF, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2018 Isla · OPEN 2018, Heidenheim, Germany (collective exhibition)
2018 Purgatorio · ZineTonic-Editions, Milano Photo Week, Italy (projection)
2017 Isla · Montevideo Uruguay Festival de Fotografía – MUFF, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2017 Life is too short · OPEN 2017, Heidenheim, Germany (collective exhibition)
2016 Isla · San José Foto – SJF, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2016 Isla · Casa Bertolt Brecht, Montevideo, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2016 Isla · Slideluck Montevideo, Uruguay (projection)
2015 Campo · OPEN 2015, Heidenheim, Germany (collective exhibition)
2011 Campo · New Holland Photojournalism Award, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay (collective exihbition)
2010 Life is too short · Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo – CdF, Uruguay (single exhibition)
Awards and Honors
2019 Special distinction by LensCulture Black&White Photography Awards, Netherlands
2019 Selected by AI-AP Latin American Fotografía, USA
2019 Finalist of the PHmuseum Photography Grant, UK
2018 Uruguayan Photography Award MEC-CdF, Uruguay
2017 Finalist of the Photography Prize of the Fondation des Treilles, France
2014 Scholarship by International Photography Festival San José Foto, Uruguay
2012 Second Prize in the New Holland Photojournalism Award, Brazil
2009 National Author’s Book Award by Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo, Uruguay
Books
Purgatorio · Publisher CdF Ediciones, Uruguay 2018, Pages 84 Format 16×22 cm
Life is too short · Publisher CdF Ediciones, Uruguay 2010, Pages 80 Format 21×21 cm
He started studying photography at the workshop of Borgunder. Later he continued his training at the National School of Fine Arts and at the School of Communication Sciences of the University of the Republic.
Being interested in the life in rural areas, he started traveling to the provinces in 2008. Within this context, he made his book Life is too short, for which he was given the National Author’s Book Award from Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo – CdF, in 2009.
His project Isla won a work scholarship from International Photography Festival San José Foto – SJF, in 2014. In this same year he was a resident artist at Montevideo Museum of Contemporary Art – MACMO.
He was invited to exhibit his project Isla in the first edition of the Montevideo Uruguay Festival de Fotografía – MUFF, in 2017.
In 2018 Iturrioz won the Uruguayan Photography Award organized by Ministry of Education and Culture – MEC, and by CdF, for the work Purgatorio.
In 2019 he was invited to participate at the 5th Fórum Latino-Americano de Fotografía in São Paulo, Brazil.
His work was published within the collection Primal Sight (USA) in 2020, a publication that surveys the state of contemporary black-and-white photography.
He currently lives and works in the Swabian Jura, Germany.
Ignacio Iturrioz (Montevideo, 1978) es un fotógrafo uruguayo, miembro del colectivo alemán de artistas Schmelzofen e.V.
Inicia sus estudios de fotografía en el taller Borgunder, mas tarde, continua su formación en la Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes y en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación de la Universidad de la República.
Interesado en la realidad del medio rural del Uruguay, en 2008 comienza una serie de viajes hacia el interior del país. En este marco, realiza su trabajo Life is too short, que recibirá el Premio de Libro de Autor Nacional del Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo – Cdf, en 2009.
En el año 2014 con el proyecto Isla obtiene la beca de trabajo del Festival Internacional de Fotografía San Jose Foto – SJF. En este mismo año participa como huésped documentalista en el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Montevideo – MACMO.
En 2017 recibe la invitación para exhibir su proyecto Isla en la primera edición del Montevideo Uruguay Festival de Fotografía – MUFF.
En el año 2018 con el trabajo Purgatorio obtiene el Premio Nacional de la Fotografía Uruguaya, promovido por el Ministerio de Educación y Cultura – MEC, y por el CdF.
En el año 2019 es invitado a participar en el V Fórum Latino-Americano de Fotografía de San Pablo, Brasil.
En 2020 su trabajo forma parte de la colección Primal Sight (EEUU), una publicación que examina el estado de la fotografía contemporánea en blanco y negro.
Actualmente vive y trabaja en los montes de Suabia, Alemania.
Exhibitions and Projections
2021 Purgatorio · Odesa Photo Days Festival 2021, Ukraine (projection)
2019 Purgatorio · Fórum Latino-Americano de Fotografia, São Paulo, Brazil (collective exihbition)
2019 Purgatorio · Museo de Artes Visuales de Tacuarembó – MUART, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2019 Purgatorio · Cortona On The Move, Italy (projection)
2019 Purgatorio · OPEN 2019, Heidenheim, Germany (collective exhibition)
2019 Purgatorio · Fundação Iberê Camargo, FestFoto-POA, Porto Alegre, Brazil (collective exihbition)
2019 Purgatorio · ZineTonic-Editions, Planche(s) Contact, France (projection)
2019 Purgatorio · Museo Lacan Guazu, Soriano, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2019 Purgatorio · Just Another Photo Festival, India (projection)
2019 Purgatorio · Obscura Festival, Malaysia (projection)
2018 Purgatorio · Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo – CdF, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2018 Isla · OPEN 2018, Heidenheim, Germany (collective exhibition)
2018 Purgatorio · ZineTonic-Editions, Milano Photo Week, Italy (projection)
2017 Isla · Montevideo Uruguay Festival de Fotografía – MUFF, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2017 Life is too short · OPEN 2017, Heidenheim, Germany (collective exhibition)
2016 Isla · San José Foto – SJF, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2016 Isla · Casa Bertolt Brecht, Montevideo, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2016 Isla · Slideluck Montevideo, Uruguay (projection)
2015 Campo · OPEN 2015, Heidenheim, Germany (collective exhibition)
2011 Campo · New Holland Photojournalism Award, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay (collective exihbition)
2010 Life is too short · Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo – CdF, Uruguay (single exhibition)
Awards and Honors
2019 Special distinction by LensCulture Black&White Photography Awards, Netherlands
2019 Selected by AI-AP Latin American Fotografía, USA
2019 Finalist of the PHmuseum Photography Grant, UK
2018 Uruguayan Photography Award MEC-CdF, Uruguay
2017 Finalist of the Photography Prize of the Fondation des Treilles, France
2014 Scholarship by International Photography Festival San José Foto, Uruguay
2012 Second Prize in the New Holland Photojournalism Award, Brazil
2009 National Author’s Book Award by Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo, Uruguay
Books
Purgatorio · Publisher CdF Ediciones, Uruguay 2018, Pages 84 Format 16×22 cm
Life is too short · Publisher CdF Ediciones, Uruguay 2010, Pages 80 Format 21×21 cm